The author of OPENLY STRAIGHT returns with an epic road trip involving family history gay history the girlfriend our hero cant have the grandfather he never knew and the Porcupine of TruthCarson Smith is resigned to spending his summer in Billings Montana helping his mom take care of his father a dying alcoholic he doesnt really know Then he meets Aisha Stinson a beautiful girl who has run away from her difficult family and Pastor John Logan whos long held a secret regarding Carsons grandfather who disappeared without warning or explanation thirty years before Together Carson and Aisha embark on an epic road trip to find the answers that might save Carsons dad restore his fragmented family and discover the Porcupine of Truth in all of their lives